The healthcare cover plan of Rs 5 lakh to 10 crore poor families, known as Ayushman Bharat aka Modicare, is not immune from frauds, NITI Aayog member V K Paul hinted, stating: There is a possibility ...

The Union budget’s biggest highlight was the introduction of a universal healthcare scheme which is estimated to cover 50 crore beneficiaries or almost 40 per cent of the Indian population. The scheme ...

MUMBAI -- India's private sector is warning that the country's ambitious universal health care program, known as Modicare, could be unworkable, and may even undermine hospitals' ability to treat ...

All states and Union territories have agreed to avail of a national health protection scheme announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget, said federal think-tank Niti Aayog member (health ...

The push for private healthcare now comes cloaked in the language of social movements, warns campaigner Jo Land. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga at a camp to mark the International ...

Healthcare lies at the confluence of inelastic demand, political sensitivity, economic consequences and ethical governance that makes the state's role crucial. Will Modicare - the centre's ambitious ...

For the smooth rollout of National Health Protection Scheme, Niti Aayog officials are working with six states—Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana—to revise their ...

After presenting the Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave a name to government’s ambitious healthcare scheme Ayushmann Bharat: Modicare. He said that nobody knew whether Obamacare was ...